Order of the Stick: Book -1 - Start of Darkness

Order of the Stick: Book -1 - Start of Darkness - is currently on backorder. You may still purchase now though and we'll ship as soon as more become available.

The Order of the Stick: Start of Darkness is the second all-new, print-exclusive volume in the popular Order of the Stick collection of comedic fantasy roleplaying game comics. The companion volume to our best-selling On the Origin of PCs, this book delves back into the past to explore the genesis of the Order of the Stick's archnemesis, Xykon the lich sorcerer. Learn how Xykon became a lich, how he met Redcloak the goblin cleric and the mysterious Monster in the Darkness, and how he totally killed Roy's dad's master, like right in front of him. Ouch.

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Ookoodook is the web store of APE Games (Rolling Freight, Spirits of the Rice Paddy, The Order of the Stick Adventure Game) and the official direct distributor for Giant in the Playground (The Order of the Stick). Founded in 2009, we've picked up lots of fun stuff from other indie game and comic publishers along the way...so have a look around!